I realise I sound confusing but I do have a test.mdb with a "test" table. And I can display another field from the table which is text. Could it be the datatype in the db thats causing the problem?
I have pict column with an "OLE Object" datatype.
To add a picture to the column
I select Insert--> Object
That shows a pop up.
Select option "Create From File option" and browse to select a gif file.
Am I right? Is there any other way of adding pictures to the db?